Wall receptacle for receiving deliveries



June K22, 1923. fl,4,58.2

. W. J. SLOAN WALL RECEPTACLE FOR RECEIVING DELIVERIES File d Nov. 22,1918 Patented lane 12, lQZZE.

WILLIAM J. SLOAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOE OF ONE-HALF TO FRANKPAULIN, OF CLEVELAND: OHIQ.

WALL RECEPTACLE FOR REGEIVING DELIVERIES.

Application filed November 22, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. SLoAN, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and .useful Improvements in Wall Receptaclesfor Receiving Deliveries, of which I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains, to make and use the same.

The objects of the invention are to pro vide a wall receptacle in whichfresh milk or cream, or other commodities, can be deposited by thedelivery man, and which is provided with inside and outside doors, andwhen the outside door is closed from the outside, it cannot beopenedfrom without, but can be only released from the inside or byclosing the inside door, and when the inner door is closed, it cannot beopened from without for the reason that a separate bolt or catch can beemployed to retain the same.

The invention comprises locking mechanism for the outer door, which isreleasable only by closing theinner door, or from the inside of thehouse, and it is automatically locked by closing the outer door. In thismatter the entrance to the house is protected in case the opening shouldbe large enough to permit a thief to crawl through. The inventionconsists in a latch member pivoted in the frame of the receptacle andoperated by the movements of the inner door in closing the same toengage a catch or keeper on the inner face of the outer door andincludes a guard member on the outer door which. prevents engagement ofthe latch and keeper after they have been separated by closing the innerdoor, until the outer door has been opened, but when the outer door isafterwards shut, it will be locked in place.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, hereinaftermore fully described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is a perspective showing theinterior of the wall casing, and the operating means upon the inner andouter doors; Fig. 2 is a similar View showing a modified form of latch.

Fig. 3 is a perspective of the latch upon the inner door.

Fig. l, is a side elevation of the latching parts shown on the innerdoor.

Serial No. 263,657.

In these views-in Fig, 1, A is a spring pressed latch pivoted in theside wall of the casing and having its extremities bent at an anglethereto at A and A respectively. lVhen the outer door B is closed, theextremity A will first rise upon the catch B and then fall and engagewith same, and pivoted guard B will fall upon it. W hen the inner door Cis closed, a plate C, pivoted at C thereon will'then engage theextremity A of the latch and turn it upon its pivot or axis and willlift the locking extremity A out of its keeper B and release the outerdoor. A stop C prevents movement of the plate C as the door closes and.the pivot permits it to pass the latch on the return movement when theextremity A is forced down to the horizontal osition, the pivoted plateC will pass over and beyond it and release the eX- tremity A.

The inner door is always closed at night, and the milk man will alwaysfind the outer door released so that he can insert the milk or creaminto the casing, and he immediately closes the door, which automaticallylocks itself by the engagement in a horizontal direction of the latchextremity A with the keeper B as soon as the door is shut. The latchwill then automatically raise the guard and pass under it.

It will be observed that when the outer door is shut the latch extremityA will be automatically raised by the catch 13 and dropped intoengagement with the catch B, thus enclosing the milk jar in the casing.men the inner door is shut, the depending hinged plate C will engage theouter end of the latch A and raise the latch and release the latchextremity A from the catch 18, so that the outer door can be opened. Theguard B will then fall down over the catch B and prevent the latch fromengaging with the same until the outer door has been opened, but whenthe outer door is closed again, the latch A will raise the guard andagain engage with the catch, and lock the outer door until the innerdoor is opened to remove the milk jar and is closed again, when theouter door will be again released.

In Fig. 2 the operation is similar, but the latch is pivoted to swinginstead of rotate, and D is a latch pivoted at D intermediate of itsends, upon the side of the frame. The catch D upon the outer door issubstantially the same as that shown in Fig. 1 and the pivotedguard Dis'the same in action as the one previously described.

The operating member or plate D upon the inner door is the same as theone shown in Fig.- 1 and when the outer door is closed, engages theinclined edge D of the latch and depresses the inner end of the latchand raises the outer end, D so as to release the outer door. As soon asthe outer door is released, the guard D will fall and prevent the latchfrom falling into. the catch until the outer door is opened; When theouter door is again closed, the latch will engage the catch below theguard and lock the outer door again. g V The operating member or plate Dis pivoted upon a-base D so that if it passes behind the latch, it willswing on the return movement and permit the inner door to open. The sameis true of the operating member shown in Fig. 1.

Bolts or catches of any convenient sort can be employed to keep boththedoors closed and when the inner one is locked, there is no danger ofintrusion if the outer door should be left open.

An important advantage found in the use of the pivoted operating platesC and D is that it can be turned back out of possible engagement withthe latch member as shown in Fig.3. When placed in this position, it

isnot possible to open the outer door after the inner door has beenclosed, so that ,no

v) deliveries can be made while the occupants hand this 10th,

of the house are away or do not wish to have deliveries made.

Having described the invention what I claim as new and desireto secureby Letters Patent is In a safety wall receptacle, a casing, outer andlnner doors therefor, a keeper having a vertical opening and mountedupon said.

outer door, a pivoted guard adapted to fall over said vertical opening,a latch member pivoted upon one side Wall of said casing andprovidedwith a latch extremity adapted to engage with the vertical opening insaid keeper when the outer door is closed and to pass horizontally undersaid guard, and an tension adapted to be engaged by said oper atingmember when the inner door is'shut and depress the same; sa1d operatingmemher constructed to pass by said lateral extension after depressingthe same and a stop means on said nner door preventing sa1d operatingmember from swinging on its pivot when the inner' door is closed butreleasing the same when the inner door is opened.

' In testimony whereof, I hereunto set my day of July, 1918.

WILLIAM J. SLOAN; In presence of R. W.IJEREMIAH, WM. M. MONROE.

